Sides at Daily News Set Legal Schedule

Published: December 10, 1992

Mortimer B. Zuckerman and the union representing Daily News typographers have agreed on a schedule for what could be an 11th-hour legal battle to determine whether Mr. Zuckerman will buy the bankrupt newspaper.

Mr. Zuckerman and the New York Typographical Union No. 6 are to resume negotiations this week over whether Mr. Zuckerman is required to honor lifetime job guarantees the union won in 1974.

A Federal court decision last week determined that Mr. Zuckerman could not strip the typographers of their guarantees without further negotiations. If the new talks fail, both sides agreed that Mr. Zuckerman could return to bankruptcy court on Dec. 17 to seek permission again to dissolve the guarantees. A hearing on the request would then be scheduled for Dec. 28.

Under Mr. Zuckerman's agreement with The Daily News, he could back out of his promise to purchase the newspaper after Dec. 31.